Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-26
THE HORSE THIEVES.

Examination of Frank Ward Before Jus
tics Lippinooti-COnclusive Evide"e"
of the Prison. RS Guilt, Bot That the
Crime Was Committed In Jefferson
Coun,y-Ward is Discharged. But I'm
medistely Re-arrested on . Jefferson
Warrant.
The examination OF Frank Ward. for
horse stealing, took place Ia Justice LIP
p~incott's court yesterday afternoon.
County Attorney Dewitt appeared for the
Territory. and Mr.. Campbell for the de-
iesdant. The first witness was Edward
Hancock. who testified to the identity OF
tho horses described to him by Mr.. De-
Witt, as the property OF himself and bis
-tspfather. John Childs. The horses. he
said, were lost last September. We could
not find any trace OF them for sometime,
until l finally found the two mares in the
possession OF j. j. Hall. abouta mile from
Jefferson tity. I found the Brown horse III
Helena. | bad not sold any Of the horses.
Our ranch il four miles beyond Woodyille,
10 Elk Park.
John Childs, being sworn. tsstified:
know the horses described; they belong t.
me and my stepson. We never sold them.
The last time I saw them was in the field
II home, and when they disappeared We
found the fence down. The sorrel horse
has not been found. l don't know who
took the horses.
I'D. linll: | i've about a mile from Jef-
ierson. | ha | possession Of the two ma:es
described by the first witness. He came to
,,,, r,,nb n,,I X-,u cofchinu Thorn when
vent down to see about it. He asked mt
how long l had them. told him l bought
them from Frank Ward and mad IL bill "i
sale ~(witness produced the bill ii sa'e.)
This was written by Frank Ward; tha'
young man there, in the presence of IN,
wife and daughter and myself. l traded
him another horse and SIS for the two
When writing, he made excuses that his
hand trembl.G from having lead a g've'ou'
horse. Cross-exa mined: | am sure that il
the young man that 80 d me the mares and
wrote that bill OF sale. noticed the scars
on Ills head.
James Hancock: I know the horses de.
scribed in the complaint. l am the com
plaining witness. There were two pantI-
Town after the horses were gone. | helped
ny brother to hunt for the horses as ian
AZ Boulder. I hsd no interest in them.
Frank Russell: / know the stock, and
went with Ed Hancock. when he found thu
mares at Halls and the horse in Helena
Finneean: l have lived in H lena since
August. l got acqu ,inted vita Frant
Ward when I was working at the Arion. J
"a II from Helena with him about Septem.
Der Is. being hired by him to drive som
ho, ses from Basin to Helena. There W..
two gray horses. We took them to Hell
ana, stopping one night on the way be-
tween Basin and the Park. We took al
the stock to Helena. l bought n black
horse from Ward, and saw MIR. Hall whe'
xe caught it. We ct the horses the righ
hand side of the Poor House, near tn
race track, down from the foot hills, right
lose to the Poor House. We took then
rom a ranch that was enclosed by a fence.
I don't know whose place it a Cross.
examined: 1t WAS about tie 18Th oi
last month. I was wrong ia saying Sep
TENDER. / am one OF the parties accus Il
with defendant. I didn't notice any OF tn,
brands.
A. j. Trumbull: I live in Helena, an,
know Frank Ward since about the sixth Of
November. l bought a small band o,
horses from him; two gray mares, about
six and three years old, branded with the
.igure 8: one bay colt. two years old, one
gray horse. one bay mare, bald faced. on,
pinto horse and a sucking colt. l didn't
buy the brown horse from him, but from II
maj named Bernheimer. ] don't think tbs
sorrel horse was brand ID. A man named
Jenkins came and claimed the brown aud
s0rrel horses and got them. Ward said bic
father owned 81 large bad OF horses nea,
Butte, and he owned forty OF them. a"d
they wanted to sell out cheap and O
away. He replaced two OF them with tw'
vra " n roc and u cnlf fJnss own rctrpI
[ bought the brown and the sorrel from.
julius Bernheimer. Ward claimed that
Bernheimtr hadn't paid him for The horses
and he would take them from BernheinltI
and sell them to me. Instead OF that he
gave me two gra:s and a colt for them.
This clos I'd the evidence. Bob conn~e'
agreed tina the evidence proved the off-ns.
to have been committed in Jefferson county
Justice Lippincntt said that under thu cir
"umstances he could only discharg rye the de
fendant. Ward, on being told he was dis
charged, lost no time in making for the
door, but he was intercepted by Sheriff
Lloyd. who held a warrant for his arrest
from Jefferson County, ard accorslingl,
re.arrested Ward and took him up to Jail.
He will take the prisoner to Boulder to-
lay, and deliver him to the authorities
there.
Ward is a rather vicious looking young
man, and veal rs two or three scar- on tn.
back uf his head reaching from the base t.,
the summit OF his Uranium. He j. said to-
he under 20 years Of age. but is Old in sin.
this being his third arrest for stealing live
stock. The first time was in Virginia Cits
years ago, and the second i'll Eu'tei,
1886. AS the evidence in this CASE is YER,
direct and conclusive, tn" chances are tina,
he will be deprived OF his liberty Tor "A few
kipnp0an ia f,rn,I jnnco fnr %hc
present.